It was during this reign that the sept of the Desi were expelled from Meath.
Other buildings or institutions of note are the old and the new bishop's palace, the fine theatre desi ned by Lotario Tomba in 1803, the great hospital dating from 1471, the library presented to the commune in 1846 by the marquis Ferdinando Landi, and the Passerini library founded in 1685.
After reducing the Desi, who were in alliance with the Northmen of Waterford and Limerick, in 984 he subdued Ossory and took hostages from the kings of East and West Leinster.
Then a Cuban bandleader called Desi came into her life to make her wealthy and famous - and nearly destroyed her in the process.
Mr Yosef has a history of homophobic outbursts in Desi Xpress.